Made in response to scenes from Bucha in Ukraine

Made in response to scenes from Bucha in Ukraine. Russians made the local civilians wear white armbands to distinguish them from fighters/soldiers, they then used those same armbands to tie their hands before executing them.

While I work regularly in sculpture my background is photography and as such my approach to working with sculpture is informed by, and uses some of approaches and techniques from photography. The sculpture was made using a 3D scanning device. This was used to scan my partners hands bound with white cloth. A 3D model was then processed and printed using a 3D printer, the 3D print was then sculpted and worked on. An iron based rust paint was applied and oxidised. Finally the white armband/restraint was hand painted.

This is about a 1/3 scale maquette of the final. Due to the size of the 3D base I have access to it was better idea to work small for the test. The final will be printed as 3 or 4 sections and joined prior to sculpting & painting. The final result will be approx life size. I hope to exhibit this piece later in the year and it forms to basis for a larger installation I'm proposing.